Display-cover.



I UNITED STATES PATENTIOFFICE.

CHARLES HENRY MYERS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

DISPLAY-COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 20, 1910- Application filed December 9, 1907, Serial No. 4Q5,777. Renewed May 7, 1909. Serial No. 494,586.

To all whom it may concern:'

Be it known that I, CHARLES HENRY MY- Ens, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful D splay-Cover, of which the following 15' a specification.

. The invention relates to im rovements in display covers for articles of cod, etc.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of covers for displaying and protecting merchandise, and to provide a simple, inexpensive non-breakable cover, hav1ng a transparent to and adapted while displaying goods to a 0rd an absolute protection agamst insects, dust and dirt.

vertical sectional view of the same.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and ointed out in the claims hereto appende it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minordetails of construction, with- *in the scope of theclaims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a display cover, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a Fig. 3

is a similar view, illustrating a modification of the invention. Fig. is a detail view, illustrating another modlficatlon of the invention.

' Like numerals of reference designate cor} responding parts in all the figures of the 40 I drawing. e

1. designates a cover, desi ed to be constructed either round, as ilfii strated in the accompanying drawing, or any other preferred shape and consistin of a transparent top 2 and a supporting we 3. of sheet metal,

. wood, or any other suitable material either opaque or transparent. The top 2, which is arched or dome-shaped, is provided at the bottom with an outwardly extending horizontal flange 4, which is arranged within a horizontal oove 5:of the su porting wall 3, as clear illustrated in 1g. 2 of the drawing. he supportin wall 3, which is circular, is constructed 0 sheet metal, and

consists of a strip 01'': such material having its lower edge bent upwardly to provide a wardly, and then inwardl reinforcing flange or portion 6. The upper edge of the strip is bent outwardly, then up to provide the groove 5 to recelve the outwardly orizontal flange 4 of the top 2 The extension or extended horizontal extending of the cover.

portions at the top of the wall 3 are arranged horizontally and roject outwardly. The top is constructed 0' fibroid, celluloid, or any similar pyroxylin products or analogous material, and it is flexible and adapted to be bent or flexed to introduce it into the horizontal groove 5, which has its entrance at the inner face of the supporting wall 3.

The top 2 of the cover is provided at its center with a suitable handle 8 to enable the cover to be readily handled.

The cover with its dome-shaped transparent top portion may be advantageously employed for displaying various kinds of merchandise for advertising and other urgoses, and it will protect such goods om ust and dirt and e ectually exclude insects.

In Fig.3 of the drawing is illustrated a modification of the invention, the transparent top 9 bein flat and having its periphery arranged in ifiiorizontal groove 10 of an extension 11 of a wooden supporting wall 12. The to 9 is provided with a central handle 13, an it is ada ted to be' bent or flexed to enable its perip cry to be readily sprung into the horizontal groove 10 of the wall 12. Instead of providin the extension 11, a groove 14 may be ormed in a relatively thick wall 15, as illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawing. a l

' The supporting walls of the several forms of the invention are relatively heavy and they operate to stifien the covers. The outer portion or edge of the transparent top may.

e secured in the groove of the supporting wall in any suitable manner.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, which represents'the preferred form of the invention, it will be noted that theparts 4 and 5 constitute the joint between the rim and the top and also form a supporting flange for the cover in the event that the rim is slip ed within a vessel. In a modified extent t ;e same is true of the form shown in Fi 3. lavin thus fully described my invention, what I 'cfiaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. display cover comprising a supporting wall provided at the upper portion with a horizontal groove extending outwardly from the inner face of the said wall, and a 5 outer portion or edges sprung into the said groove. a 2. A display cover comprising a metallic supporting wall or rim having a horizontal groove provided at or near its upper edge, said groove opening outwardly at the inner face of the rim, in combination with a domeshaped top'having its lower edge secured in said groove of the supporting wall, and a handle fixed to the center of the top, the latter being constructed of a pyroxylin compound.

3. A display cover having a dome-shaped top made of a single piece of pyroxylin, a

handle secured to the top at or about the center, the peripheral edge of the top being extended outwardly at an angle, and a substantially circular supporting wall constructed of different material and groovedat'the upper part to receive the outwardly extending edge of the said top to which it is.

secured, the oint between the rim and the said edge of the top forming an annular flange, the wall depending from the sa1d flange to form a supportlng, rim for the cover.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

,CHARLES HENRY MYERS. Witnesses: PERCY L. MARVIN, WM. T. WAITE. 

